another dictator governor....rick scott

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Florida Republicans at Odds With Their Leader


TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Rick Scott, the conservative Republican billionaire who plucked the governor’s job from the party establishment in November with $73 million of his own money and the backing of the Tea Party, vowed during his campaign to run the troubled state like a corporate chief executive (which he was) and not a politician (which he proudly says he is not).

And now it has become a problem, some of his fellow Republicans say.

“The governor doesn’t understand there is a State Constitution and that we have three branches of government,” said State Senator Mike Fasano, a Republican from New Port Richey who upset Mr. Scott with rough handling of his staff during a testy committee hearing. “They are talking about the attitude that he is still the C.E.O. of his former health care corporation, and that is not going to work in this state, in Tallahassee, in my district. The people believe in three branches of government.”

Republican lawmakers in Florida were hoping for a smoother transition. Instead, they say, they got top-down management from a political novice.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/us/08florida.html?hp=&pagewanted=print

[William769]

1. Rick Scott is not a dictator, he is a GOD!

So some would have you believe.

False prophet, you betcha.

[spanone]

2. he's a criminal

Rick Scott and his role in Columbia/HCA scandal----HCA a corporation owned by former senator bill frist and family

On March 19, 1997, investigators from the FBI, the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Health and Human Services served search warrants at Columbia/HCA facilities in El Paso and on dozens of doctors with suspected ties to the company.<19>

Following the raids, the Columbia/HCA board of directors forced Scott to resign as Chairman and CEO.<20> He was paid $9.88 million in a settlement. He also left owning 10 million shares of stock worth over $350 million.<21><22><23>

In 1999, Columbia/HCA changed its name back to HCA, Inc.

In settlements reached in 2000 and 2002, Columbia/HCA plead guilty to 14 felonies and agreed to a $600+ million fine in the largest fraud settlement in US history. Columbia/HCA admitted systematically overcharging the government by claiming marketing costs as reimbursable, by striking illegal deals with home care agencies, and by filing false data about use of hospital space. They also admitted fraudulently billing Medicare and other health programs by inflating the seriousness of diagnoses and to giving doctors partnerships in company hospitals as a kickback for the doctors referring patients to HCA. They filed false cost reports, fraudulently billing Medicare for home health care workers, and paid kickbacks in the sale of home health agencies and to doctors to refer patients. In addition, they gave doctors "loans" never intending to be repaid, free rent, free office furniture, and free drugs from hospital pharmacies.<3><4><5><6><7>

In late 2002, HCA agreed to pay the U.S. government $631 million, plus interest, and pay $17.5 million to state Medicaid agencies, in addition to $250 million paid up to that point to resolve outstanding Medicare expense claims.<24> In all, civil law suits cost HCA more than $2 billion to settle, by far the largest fraud settlement in US history.<25>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_scott

[William769]

3. "he's a criminal", trust me I know. I live in Florida.